A framework by Dr. Tocarro Combs

Think first.
Prompt with purpose.

P.E.A.C.H. helps you set a clear goal, choose appropriate evidence, give AI a specific task, and keep your own judgment in the process.

Prompt Engineering Framework · Higher education
P.E.A.C.H. Prompt Engineering Toolkit · Prompt Possibilities, by Dr. Tocarro Combs

Purpose · Evidence · Assignment · Criteria · Human Review

The Prompt Possibilities Machine

For work, college, and everyday tasks. Fill in what you know; your entries are not sent to a server.

What are you trying to accomplish, and what context should AI understand?This gives the prompt your goal and situation.

What approved materials or facts should AI use? Avoid sharing private information.This identifies what information AI may draw from.

Give AI one specific, useful task.This states the help you are requesting.

Set the format, limits, and rules the response must follow.This sets the standards for AI's response.

How will you check the response and decide what to revise?After using AI, record what you actually checked, changed, used, and disclosed. This becomes part of your AI-use explanation.

For K–12 learners

The Prompt Possibilities Machine

Start with a quick introduction

See how the P.E.A.C.H. steps can turn a vague request into a useful learning prompt. Then try building your own below.

Think of a prompt as instructions you give an AI tool. Fill in the letters below, then press Make my prompt. Use AI to help you learn and practice, and follow your teacher's rules.

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Your 3-page guide is free. Educators and families: check the optional email updates box at checkout for student-friendly prompt tips, classroom AI ideas, and new K–12 P.E.A.C.H. resources. The guide is yours either way.

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Choose the 33-page digital workbook for deeper lessons, activities for different grade levels, reusable planners, and an educator guide. The free guide helps you make your first prompt.

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Tell AI your grade or age group, the subject, and what you want to understand. Example: “I am in seventh grade, and I want to understand fractions.”

Point to your class notes, reading, or facts. You can say, “Use only the notes I provide.” Don't include names or private information.

Ask for a clear learning task, such as an explanation, practice questions, or feedback on your own idea.

Choose a length, format, or rule. Example: “Use simple words, give one example, and don't give me the answers until I try.”

After you use AI, explain what it helped you do, what you did yourself, and how you checked its answer. Copy this part to show your teacher how you used AI responsibly and did your own work. It is not added to the AI prompt.

Your learning prompt

Make it, copy it, and use it in an AI tool your school or family allows.

Fill in your ideas, then press Make my prompt.
My AI-use note for my teacher

Write what AI helped with, what you did yourself, and how you checked its answer.

Before I turn in my work, I will check:

Check a box only if you really did that step.

0 of 5 checks complete

Need to tell your teacher where your AI help came from? Make an AI citation.

Only the number of copied prompts is counted. What you type here stays on your device. Never enter passwords, your address, or someone else's personal information into an AI tool.

For the main and K–12 learning labs

The P.E.A.C.H. Citation Machine

Used an AI response in a paper or project? Enter the details from your actual AI conversation. Pick the style your teacher, school, or publisher requires, then copy the citation into your work.

A shared chat may be visible to anyone with its link. Remove personal details before sharing. Your entries stay in your browser and are not saved by this page.

Your citation

Reference list entry

In-text citation or note

Citing an AI response does not replace citing a book, article, or website you actually used. Check assignment rules: some tasks require an AI-use explanation even when no formal citation is needed. APA guidance · MLA guidance · Chicago guidance

One-minute introduction

Meet the P.E.A.C.H. AI Framework

See why a better AI prompt begins with your purpose and ends with your judgment. Watch this quick introduction, then make your first prompt or explore the guided course.

Take P.E.A.C.H. with you

Your first P.E.A.C.H. prompt

A free, printer-friendly three-page guide to build one useful prompt and review the AI response with your own judgment. Start here, then try the Prompt Possibilities Machine.

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Your 3-page guide is free. Want more practical prompt tips, thoughtful AI updates, and new P.E.A.C.H. resources? Check the optional email updates box at checkout. The guide is yours either way.

01 / Plan your purpose and evidence02 / Set the task and boundaries03 / Review, refine, and disclose when needed
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Research to Practice Workbook

$39 individual digital edition

Choose this 26-page workbook for deeper independent practice grounded in Dr. Combs’s research. Explore five research themes, lessons for each P.E.A.C.H. step, guided exercises, worked cases, and a final capstone.

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The P.E.A.C.H. AI Framework: Self-Paced Learning Lab

$49 one-time enrollment

Choose the course if you prefer guided video lessons. Learn each P.E.A.C.H. step at your own pace, from Purpose and Evidence through Human Review, then revisit the videos whenever you need them.

Take the course quiz when you finish. Once you pass, you can claim your certificate of completion.

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Learn P.E.A.C.H. one-on-one or bring training to your team. Tell Dr. Combs what you need through a short request form. Team dates are confirmed after availability and travel are discussed.

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60-minute session

P.E.A.C.H. Essentials

$750 starting rate

A focused introduction to intentional AI use.

  • Understand each P.E.A.C.H. step.
  • See a prompt built from start to finish.
  • Use the H checklist to review an AI response.
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90-minute workshop

Prompt Possibilities Workshop

$1,200 starting rate

A guided session for people ready to put the framework to work.

  • Build a prompt for a real task.
  • Practice setting evidence, criteria, and limits.
  • Review, revise, and decide when to cite or disclose AI use.
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P.E.A.C.H. Applied Lab

$3,000 starting rate

More time for practice, feedback, and organization-specific examples.

  • Work through several use cases.
  • Strengthen judgment around accuracy and ethical use.
  • Leave with a refined prompt and review process.
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Plan a P.E.A.C.H. Training

$50

A 15-minute planning call. Your $50 consultation fee is credited toward your training fee if you book a P.E.A.C.H. session.

  • Discuss who the training is for.
  • Choose the right session or adapt one to your needs.
  • Receive availability and a tailored proposal.
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Prices are starting rates per group session, not per person. Training dates, audience, customization, delivery format, and any travel costs are confirmed in a proposal before the booking is finalized. The $50 consultation fee is applied to your training invoice if you proceed; it is not an additional charge on top of the training price.

Research behind the approach

Dr. Combs’s qualitative study examined how ten African American undergraduates experienced AI in higher education, including academic learning and activities beyond coursework. These findings offer context for intentional use; the P.E.A.C.H. steps are a separate teaching framework.

01 · Lived experience

Academic support

Participants described help with processing information, comprehension, and efficiency.

02 · Lived experience

Boundaries and ethics

Students navigated faculty expectations, personal responsibility, and academic integrity.

03 · Both questions

Trust and verification

Participants raised accuracy concerns and described checking AI responses.

04 · Impact

Beyond coursework

AI appeared in organizational planning, leadership, and creative or administrative work.

05 · Impact

Confidence with use

Repeated exposure shaped comfort and how students perceived AI’s usefulness.

What this means for practice

Give students clear expectations for AI use, teach verification and ethical decisions, and make space for AI learning in student leadership as well as coursework.

Study context: ten participants at one public state college in the southeastern United States; semi-structured interviews and thematic analysis. The Technology Acceptance Model informed the study. Findings reflect these participants’ experiences and are not a measure of all students’ outcomes.

Research poster summarizing the study’s two questions, methods, five themes, recommendations, limitations, and future research
The Experiences of Undergraduate Students with Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education Settings · Research posterOpen full poster (PDF)
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Meet the creator

Dr. Tocarro Combs

AI Strategist · Higher Education Leader

Dr. Tocarro Patrice Combs is a higher education leader, educator, and AI strategist with more than 15 years of experience across student engagement, leadership development, and student success. Her work focuses on the thoughtful use of AI in teaching and learning.

She earned her Ed.D. in Higher Education Administration from the University of West Georgia, where her research examined undergraduate students’ experiences with artificial intelligence. She was the first doctoral student at UWG to receive IRB approval to use AI for first-cycle coding in her thematic analysis.

Her passion for emerging AI technology, global education, and community leadership drives her to connect people, expand opportunity, and turn bold ideas into meaningful impact. She created the P.E.A.C.H. framework to help people use AI with purpose, clear boundaries, and human judgment.

Prompt Possibilities.
Real work made possible

P.E.A.C.H. in practice

A customized prompt became a budget calculator.

LorRaine used Prompt Possibilities to create a prompt for her task. The result she shared: a functional budget calculator.

Her taskCreate a budget calculator
Her approachUse a customized prompt
Her resultA functional calculator
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“Prompt Possibilities is phenomenal. I was able to create a functional budget calculator using my customized prompt.”— LorRaine
Classroom possibilities
“This is awesome! Wow, my students could use this!”
CurtisK–12 Grade Lead English & Literature Teacher
Made by a student
“This was super cool & easy.”

Bryson created an interactive coloring sheet.

Bryson5th Grade Student
The Peach Basket—prompts copied with P.E.A.C.H.

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Add the P.E.A.C.H. web app to your Home Screen for quick access. Open this page on the phone you want to use, then follow its steps below.

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  2. Tap Share. If you see a Page Menu button first, tap it, then tap Share.
  3. Scroll down and choose Add to Home Screen.
  4. Turn on Open as Web App if shown, then tap Add.

Android phone

  1. Open peachaiframework.com in Chrome.
  2. Tap the three-dot menu next to the address bar.
  3. Choose Install app or Add to Home screen, then confirm.

The prompt builder and free workbook are available offline after the app loads once. Booking and checkout links require internet. This is a Home Screen web app, not an App Store download.